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  "id": "women-16-24-spend-3-hours-40-minutes-on-social-daily",
  "slug": "women-16-24-spend-3-hours-40-minutes-on-social-daily",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/women-16-24-spend-3-hours-40-minutes-on-social-daily/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/women-16-24-spend-3-hours-40-minutes-on-social-daily.json",
  "claim": "Women aged 16 to 24 spend an average of more than 3 hours 40 minutes a day on social and video feeds",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Young women spend nearly 4 hours a day on social media\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "DataReportal (Kepios), citing GWI",
    "title": "Digital 2026 Global Overview Report",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "women aged 16 to 24 spend an average of 25 hours and 45 minutes per week scrolling social and video feeds, which equates to an average of more than 3 hours and 40 minutes each day.",
  "method": "GWI online survey of internet users aged 16+ across ~50 markets; self-reported time. The global average is 18 hours 36 minutes a week.",
  "drift": [
    "Self-reported time",
    "Global average, not US"
  ],
  "interest": "GWI sells audience research; DataReportal partners with agencies.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "GWI data in DataReportal's Digital 2026 report show women aged 16–24 reporting about 25.75 hours a week (3h40m a day) on social and video feeds, versus an 18.6-hour weekly average.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "DataReportal — Digital 2026 Global Overview",
      "url": "https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2026-global-overview-report",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "GWI survey data, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}